All Rita Dove Quotes
When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.
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It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.
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Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture.
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Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely.
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The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I've seen ecstasy or something.
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If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.
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The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now.
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I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.
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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
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I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person.
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There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.
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I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.
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In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things.
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There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
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